martedì 25 agosto 2015

Polaroids From the Web

"I was looking for a horse and I found a horse, so heaven knows I'm happy now" edition

- «I don't actually believe in the concept of genius but if I did, Aphex Twin would be among the first I'd personally consider for contention. My own personal system for judging these things works like this - if anyone can manage eight years or more of envelope pushing, innovation or curation of a truly individual sound, then they are an indefatigable top tier artist and I will pay them the respect of spending at least two or three days living with their latest release before even starting to form an opinion on it»: notevole recensione di Orphaned Deejay Selek 2006 - 2008 di AFX firmata da John Doran su The Quietus.

- «Considered in this context, Bruce Springsteen’s phenomenal breakthrough in 1975 can only be understood against a backdrop of profound dislocation and urgent activism, particularly in the working-class communities that absorbed so many of the decade’s economic and cultural shocks»: "Born to Run and the Decline of the American Dream": bel saggio di Joshua Zeitz sull'Atlantic, per ricordare i quarant'anni del capolavoro di Springsteen.

- «When I first came up with this concept of the “fading frontier,” I was looking around and thinking about technology and the Internet. Remember when we were young and there was this excitement about what was going to happen next? And now, honestly, do you really want to know what happens next? I've seen enough in my lifetime; the frontier has faded. If it gets more intense, we're just going to end up not ever leaving our houses.» - Beyond Nostalgia: A Conversation with Deerhunter’s Bradford Cox, di T-Cole Rachel su Pitchfork, molto bello.